“Perhaps Communists had wormed their way so deeply into our government on both the working and planning levels that they were able to exercise an inordinate degree of power in shaping the course of America in the dangerous postwar era.
I could not help wondering and worrying whether we were faced with open enemies across the conference table and hidden enemies who sat with us in our most secret councils.” – General Mark Clark (1896-1984) American general during World War II and the Korean War
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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:18:46 +0000http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25566#comment-149608Greetings:

I first came across the “hating your enemy” concept in Rick Atkinson’s “An Army at Dawn” wherein he saw beginning to hate the Nazi enemy as part of the American/Allies turnaround in North Africa. It didn’t really square with my personal experience of the joys of infantry, but I’m certain that there where times and people for whom it was an important source of personal motivation. Mostly, my memory was of not wanting to fail in my duties, to wit, killing as many bad guys as possible and keeping as many of my guys alive as possible.

In terms of our military of today, I see it as undergoing “The Great Hollowing Out”. This got its start back in the ’70s with the cancellation of the military draft for males. When a society sends its menfolk a loud and clear message that they don’t have an individual responsibility to defend their country and its interests, the process has stepped off with a giant step. That this country was able to stand by and endure the dark days of the manpower shortages in the early days in Iraq without clamoring for a mobilization pretty much convinced that the draft was long gone, like a turkey through the corn. The inclusion of approximately 15% females, with the Navy looking to impress by going for 20%, and all the adjustments and additional costs that entailed, was another significant accomplishment in that misbegotten regard. And, of course, our more evolved President Obama has removed his portions by insisting that our military become not in the least distainful of all things homosexual. Ahhh, the miracle of the “all-volunteer” military is upon a grateful nation.

On a more tactical level, we have the a number a modern auxiliaries. Perhaps most obvious is the ever present of “The Rules of [ridiculous] Engagement”, which seem to be aimed at creating amore Hippocratic (First, do no harm) military. And what would rules be without that stalwarts of the Judge Advocate General Corps to approve of them. And, what would be better that some “tele-supervision”? What infantry commander wouldn’t want or couldn’t find time for his (perhaps soon her???) boss to provide input especially if there was a JAG officer nearby. I’ll admit to a personal bias in this regard but I’m sure that with the proper re-education I could be swayed. And, what about the environment? Should our military members be proper stewards of the environment? And if “green fuel” costs only four or five times as much as regular fuel should our Navy be glad to endure such a contribution? Why, of course it should.

The facts as I see them is that there is an unspoken and almost well hidden agenda of unilateral disarmament going on and I would bet that it will continue unabated unless bad guys start showing up enmasse on our shores. Back on Pearl Harbor Day, I thought about all the young men who wanted to know where the recruiting office was, and when Bin Leaden went home to the Allah-dude, our young men wanted to know where the party was. Bread and Circuses, we got ’em and guess what, you’re all entitled.
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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:28:11 +0000http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25566#comment-149602USMaleSF:

Confucius could not have said it better, or in fewer words.
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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:39:54 +0000http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25566#comment-149601My own take on foreign policy: Muslims may be fought against, but never fought for.

Attacking them to conquer them may be necessary, but attempting to really ally with them is a hopeless waste of American blood and treasure.

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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:23:11 +0000http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25566#comment-149600I recall a Kuwait friend back in my university days telling me about the problems the Saudis (“barbarians”, in her words) had with inbreeding, especially in the royal family.
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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:43:50 +0000http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25566#comment-149582You’re right Caped Crusader. And it sounds to me like this may have been written by the enemy within….
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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:24:14 +0000http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25566#comment-149581Then world turned upside down — on purpose — nobody is that stupid !
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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:04:03 +0000http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25566#comment-149580Incompetent, ignorant and basically stupid